Combined ventilator and shade



Aug. 27, 1935. G. c. MAJOR COMBINED VENTILATOR AND SHADE Filed Aug. 1,1954 IY/I/V Y l izvenidf ECIVHJOB I I v ATTORNEY Patented in. 21,1935-UNITED STATES a PATENT- OFFICE This invention relates to window shadesfor oiiices or public buildings. in the home and for automobile windowsor anywhere a shade may be employed or neededand has for the primaryobject the provision of a device of the above stated character which maybe used in connection with aconventional W 0 pring actuated roller andwhen extended from the roller will eliminate glare from sunlight and atthe same time permit eiiicient ventilation and will. provide a devicewhich will be simple, durable. and economical to manufacture.

With these and" other objects in view'this invention consists in certainnovel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts tobe hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

For a complete understanding of my invention,

Figure 8 is a perspective viewillustrating one a of the shade formingelements or panels.

-Referringindetaiitothedrawing,the numeral l indicates a conventionaltype of shade roller maybewoundon cured in relatively spaced relation tothe strips 2. The panels are'capable of flexation and maybe wound uponthe roller i along with the strips 2 and when on the roller are arrangedin overlapping relation. Each panel consists of an arcuately curved bodyi shaped to form at one edge 1 thereof an attaching portion L Theattaching portion I is seemed to the strips 2 in any well known manner.The panels I when secured to the strips 2' by the attaching portions Iand when free or disengaged from the roller extend at an anglevto theattaching portions 1, as shown in Figure 2, to cooperate with each otherin forming a shade which will permit free circulation of airtherethrough but which will eliminategiare from sunlight. The attachingportions I project beyondtheendstripsl toactasaguide forthe shade movingrelative to a window casement and onto and 0! of the roller.

described the invention, 1 claim: A shade for rollingonto and fromaspring actuated shade roller comprising flexible jstripssecuredtosaidshade rollertobewoundonand off of the latter. a barconnecting the strips, a plurality of relatively spaeedsemi-transparentflexible panels secured to said strips and adapted to move intooverlapped relation when the strips "are wound upon the roller and-tomove into position angularly to said strips when disengaged from theroller, said panels. each including an arcuately curved body portionshaped 'at one edge to form an attaching portion projectingheyondtheendsofthepanelstobesecuredtosaidstrips'andtoformguidesforthedeviceduring its movement relative to, awindow casing.

. v .GBORGI C. MAJOR.

